In recent years, Taylor Engineering has become heavily involved in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's (USACE) efforts to maintain the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in Florida through the design of dredged material management facilities. Taylor Engineering has collaborated, through its position as the Florida Inland Navigation District's (FIND) District Engineer, with the USACE on the design and construction of two dredged material management sites in St. Johns County, Florida - DU-9 and SJ-14.
For these sites, Taylor Engineering was responsible for collecting geotechnical and survey data, preparing facility designs, obtaining environmental permitting, preparing construction plans and specifications to USACE standards, and construction observation services. A notable element of each site's design was the creation of on-site wetlands that, along with exotic vegetation removal and ongoing monitoring responsibilities, sought to mitigate unavoidable wetland impacts. Specific to DU-9, Taylor Engineering provided assistance to complete the site-specific environmental site assessment, groundwater mounding analysis, and subsequent redesign to avoid exacerbation of on-site remediation activities. Taylor Engineering remains involved throughout bidding and construction to assist the USACE with design and construction related issues.